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Here’s Hoping the Launching Pad Can Get Back on Course

December 14, 2023

By Nick Reiher There was such promise. Two partners in life and in business pooled most if not all of…

November 22, 2023

Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? Notice I didn’t say happy. Though we have many reasons to be thankful, if…

November 2, 2023

By Nick Reiher Editor Unless there is a last-minute stay of execution, the former Will County Courthouse in Downtown Joliet…

October 19, 2023

By Nick Reiher Editor I am blessed. Not just because Pastor Jana blessed me for putting our church’s first craft…

October 9, 2023

By Nick Reiher Editor Following the October 3 Joliet City Council meeting I was watching at home, I posted a…

October 5, 2023

Thursday, June 30, 2011, started out like any other during the previous six months or so: Sword of Damocles hanging…

September 21, 2023

I pay attention to grammar and punctuation. It goes with the job, and more than that, I know the nun…

September 7, 2023

A few weeks ago, former Will County judge Roman Okrei complimented me on a column he read in Farmers Weekly…

August 17, 2023

Summer is kinda like New Year’s, except a lot less cold. At least for now. As summer approaches, I make…

August 10, 2023

I’m a member of a Joliet Facebook group that discusses mostly fond memories of long-gone businesses, restaurants, stores, trips with…

July 27, 2023

I debated writing about this or how to write about it since I might be considered a whiny beeyatch. Or…

July 6, 2023

A friend and I recently were talking about our mutual dealings with high blood pressure. I chuckled when I told…